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1 posted on 12/30/2024 10:16:38 PM PST by nickcarraway
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In before Spain claims it...


2 posted on 12/30/2024 10:27:57 PM PST by JParris
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We know that there are 250 ships that hold treasures, and sooner or later, a construction project or something similar will discover it. Regardless, there is no contingency plan to protect these findings,” he said.

Easily 1.5 billion dollars just on the metals value. Probably much more as artifacts to sell to people. There is no sane argument beyond feminine emotion to think it should remain on the ocean floor if it could be found.


3 posted on 12/30/2024 10:28:18 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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More AI-written crap-worded unreadable junk. Is there a real article that contains more and better information?


10 posted on 12/30/2024 11:10:15 PM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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8620 shipwrecks between (say) 1500 and 1950. That's roughly 16 shipwrecks every year, better than one every month.

Does that sound reasonable? Were cargo ships being built in less than a month's time, continuously for 550 years? That's some serious manpower and material procurement. And that's just for the ones that sunk in the regions around Portugal?

I'm skeptical. Not saying it's impossible, but just that it sounds excessive by a considerable factor.

12 posted on 12/30/2024 11:19:08 PM PST by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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Over 8,000 ships sunk? No wonder their forests were depleted. Takes a lot of timber to make a sturdy ship, and a lot of waste also.


18 posted on 12/31/2024 3:50:13 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (Shut)
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